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In an excerpt from his new book, ‘Into the Thaw,’ Jon Waterman vividly depicts one of his most painful expedition moments ever

The border wall had an all star cast of political operatives trying to get it built. The butterflies had Marianna Trevino Wright.

How did a US congressional candidate and the director of the National Butterfly Center end up in a physical altercation on the US border with Mexico?

Scouring your yard clean is a waste of time and deprives your soil of valuable nutrients

In the remote, heavily logged Yaak Valley, an unlikely stand of old growth sits at the center of a debate about what a forest is for—and how best to protect it

Was Homero’s death an accident? Or murder? And who would want Homero dead?

Monarchs are considered the king of the butterflies. In Michoacan, Mexico conservationist Homero Gomez Gonzalez was considered the king of the Monarchs. Until one day in 2020, when he disappeared without a trace.

Outdoor enthusiasts, conservationists, and cattle ranchers all want the same thing: a healthy planet for future generations

Wiping with toilet paper is gross and wasteful. I found a better way.

Hummingbirds and other pollinators are responsible for one out of every three bites of food we eat. I set out to attract them to my yard.

Lex Weinstein discovered a deeper purpose through investing in her own local surf community

Put your retired gear to good use to promote outdoor inclusivity and protect the planet

The largest mass stranding of dolphins in U.S. history recently occurred in Massachusetts. Scores of volunteers worked long hours to rescue the aquatic mammals.

And the local conservation groups keeping them wild and beautiful

The reintroduction of the apex predators to Washington’s North Cascades National Park has local communities asking if it’s still safe to hike in the park

The conservationist spurred millions of people to care about the ocean by helping them understand why it made them feel happy

Caroline Gleich is a renowned climber and skier, a climate activist, and now the Utah democratic party’s candidate for US senate

Just how guilty do I need to feel about enjoying the occasional burger? I spoke to a hunter, a rancher, and a climate scientist to get to the meat of the matter.

Are you really going to put thousands of hours into training your pooch to be good at climbing or ski touring?

San Gabriel Mountains and Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monuments in California will now include land sacred to local Indigenous people, increase equitable outdoor access in Los Angeles, and protect habitat for endangered species

A Heritage Foundation and The Supreme Court could tear down the Antiquities Act, leaving our public lands at risk

Want to get paid to fight climate change? Biden’s new Climate Corp is hiring. We combed through 270 job listings to find the dreamiest ones.

A new Public Lands Rule will mandate a focus on landscape health, conservation, and recreation

A conversation with activists, a look at the radical origins of Earth Day, and a slew of ways you can take action for the planet every single day.

Four easy things you can do to rewild your space and support climate-critical biodiversity

More than 15 years ago, Pete McBride set out to document all 1,450 miles of the threatened waterway. He captured its beauty and multiplying challenges, and his images underscore why its preservation is essential to us all.

When Marty Moose strolled into Santa Fe looking for a mate, he became a viral sensation in New Mexico. But that did nothing to help his search for love—and it created big issues for wildlife managers.

The oceans need protection like never before, and the environmental organization is redefining itself. The original focus—dramatic campaigns against whalers and seal hunters operating under the flags of nations like Japan—is giving way to an emphasis on fisheries protection in cooperation with governments. Tristram Korten rides along with Peter Hammarstedt, the Swedish activist at the heart of this strategy.

A nature walk through the Florida Everglades

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After 50 years, one of the most consequential environmental laws in U.S. history may no longer be relevant to the world we’re living in

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy announced this week that it had purchased 850 acres of land beneath McAfee Knob

Spiders and other hairy scary critters are everywhere. It’s best—for us and the planet—if we can figure out how to coexist.

Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni—Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon became our newest national monument in 2023. Does protection go far enough?

A quick, easy-to-understand summary of how hunting animals for their hides, horns, and antlers benefits wildlife conservation

The Houston-born filmmaker knows we can enjoy the benefits of nature anywhere—even in the concrete-lined bayous of his home city

Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi’s new film, ‘Wild Life,’ captures the saga of Doug and Kristine Tompkins, whose devotion to conservation and each other led to the creation of extraordinary national parks in Chile and Argentina

The iconic film festival is celebrating its 45th year this weekend. Here are the documentaries we’re most excited to watch.

‘Wild Life,’ a new film by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, chronicles Tompkins’s life as one of the world’s most influential conservationists

Wolves are my favorite animal, but my parents see them as the enemy that kills their livestock

Donate? Auction? Burn? Experts weigh in on how the apparel giant should navigate its footwear crisis. 

Co-founder of the Outdoorist Oath, Pattie Gonia discusses the importance of outdoor joy

Biden commits to protecting 450,000 acres in Nevada known as Avi Kwa Ame, sacred to Indigenous inhabitants. The designation would preserve Native culture, rare birds, dark skies, and endless outdoor adventure for generations.

Rab reveals new product labels to fight greenwashing, challenging other outdoor companies to follow suit

It’s like sustainable tourism 2.0—with a focus on leaving destinations better than we found them.

Whatever your reason for considering an EV—your wallet, the environment, or practicality—adding an e-bike is a far better choice than replacing your current car

An essay on hope

To control mass tourism, the National Park Service is working on solutions, like its reservation system. We tourists need to do our part, too. Here’s how.

Here’s how to make the most out of a visit to one of the wildest places in the U.S., from kayaking to birding to fishing and so much more

A bloody conflict between the Himalayan ‘ghost cats’ and Nepali shepherds is only partially to blame—and raises questions about their future

���ϳԹ���’s ethics guru ponders what exactly is up for grabs on public lands

Kids learn best through stories, and these books weave gripping tales with messages about caring for the planet

A growing body of research suggests that it’s no longer sustainable to bury our waste in the wilderness

We asked one of the original Earth Day organizers for ideas on how to bring back urgency to the movement during a moment that’s more dire than ever

‘Our Great National Parks’ overly idealizes U.S. conservation efforts and gives a mealymouthed call to climate action

It’s not easy being a progressive who works for a middle-of-the-road president. Mark Sundeen sizes up the interior secretary’s first year in office—which has been a disappointment to climate-change activists—and decides she’s most likely to make a mark through a historic reckoning over the U.S. government’s shameful running of Native American boarding schools.

Earth-loving New Yorkers are drawing from an unlikely arsenal of activism, hip-hop, marathon city-council Zoom meetings, and one sassy pug to hold the city to its zero-waste commitments. If they succeed, the environmental benefits could be huge.

A ‘Washington Post’ story on Greg Gianforte’s latest hunting escapades is misleading, which is a shame, because its subject deserves much more scrutiny

Eco-conscious shopping is hard. Here’s what you need to know about the ten most common standards

By portraying predators as villains, we are influencing how our children perceive the natural world

Millinocket, Maine, had been struggling for years following the closure of the local paper mill. Then an enterprising librarian acted on a big idea.

Don’t let your old stuff gather dust or go to the landfill. Put it to work doing good.

The state of the steelhead in the Columbia and Snake River watersheds is dire. A Pacific Northwest steelhead angler grapples with how best to honor the people, places, and resources that she loves. 

Picking daisies with the Craighead bros

If it seems like you’ve been hearing about lakes and beaches closing down more often, you’re right. Various types of toxic algae are multiplying like crazy in bodies of water across the country, and stopping them won’t be easy.

Democrats in Congress are pushing for a federal jobs program that would tackle climate, land use, infrastructure, and more. Here’s why it’s so urgent.

The River Democracy Act will establish Oregon as the country’s undisputed leader in permanent river protection.

In a new short-story collection by Claire Boyles, we meet characters struggling with family, health troubles, and environmental issues in the West

Journalist Emma Marris’s new book, ‘Wild Souls,’ asks us to reconsider our relationship to the nonhuman world

You might think that British Columbia’s oldest forests are protected from commercial interests. You’re wrong.

 Mabon wants to take responsibility for humankind’s gluttony for plastic products

We need more access to public lands. Reclaiming damaged landscapes like old mines and former nuclear sites can be a powerful part of the answer.

Conservation International CEO M. Sanjayan saw our relationship to the planet in a new way after a series of remarkable adventures

In New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont, local stewards have banded together to persuade private landowners to allow access to backcountry skiing, mountain biking, and other kinds of outdoor recreation

Elizabeth Kolbert and Nathaniel Rich, environmental writers par excellence, survey human solutions to the human-caused mess we’re in

A wild place—and an American ideal—are heading for destruction. We can stop it now.